Body security in non-horizontal burials

ABSTRACT

A method whereby a body is held securely in a dignified position within a non-horizontal burial container so as to not crumple downward when interred.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

Continuation in Part of Non-Horizontal Burial Methods, application Ser.No. 12/587,829 of Oct. 14, 2009

FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH

Not Applicable

SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to safely securing bodies in a dignified positionwithin burial containers to be set into the ground in any position.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A Current practice for interring bodies is to dig a large hole in theground and store the removed material for later covering the burialcontainer and re-filling the hole. The burial container is lowered intothe large hole and the removed material is placed and tamped around andon the burial container. Ground covering is then placed over the top, torestore the original appearance of the area, and the surplus receivingmaterial is removed. To save cemetery space and reduce the cost of laboran often practiced method is to set a casket into the ground in avertical position. This practice causes the body to crumple into thefoot end of the burial container, the thought of which usually stressesloved ones.

If a hole is dug in a high water table area, the hole soon fills withwater. Such cases present a near impossible problem in digging a gravesite. Screw-in or self digging burial containers solve the problem. Theydo not require large pre-dug holes, but can be simply screwed or boredinto the usually damp ground and with the present invention the bodyremains in a dignified and upright position.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of this invention to provide a means by which a bodywill be securely set in a burial container and not crumble to the footend of a non-horizontally placed burial container.

OPERATING PRINCIPALS AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Although a wide variety of injectable curing and setting materials areavailable, the most preferred embodiment of this invention is to place abody into a burial container, cover it with a flexible sheet materialand inject or pour an expanding and setting foam material into theburial container to fill the empty spaces and completely hold the bodyin place. The curing and setting material firms up and acts as a formfitting body tray and shroud. An expandable curing and setting materialis usually lighter in weight, more readily forms around the body andmakes the burial container easier to handle during the transport andinterment process and is thus much preferred. The body can also be laidinto a form fitting padded body tray, covered or not covered with aflexible sheet material and an expanding and setting foam materialinjected or poured into the burial container to fill the empty spaces,mostly on the opposite side of the body from the form fitted padding,holding the body securely into the form fitting padding within theburial container.

DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a cut-away view of a body, 101, resting on a padded body tray,102, within a conventional casket or coffin unit, 104, which has holes,105, through its walls for injecting a curing and setting material intothe unit.

FIG. 2 is a cut-away view of a unit similar to that shown in FIG. 1 witha flexible material sheet, 108, over the body and a curing and settingmaterial, 107, injected or poured into the unit through the holes, 105.

FIG. 3 is a cut-away view of a casket or coffin unit similar to thatshown in FIG. 1, except the padded body tray is removed, a flexiblesheet material, 108, is covering the body and a curing and settingmaterial, 107, has been injected or poured through holes, 105 and 110,into the burial container both above and below the body to fullyencapsulate and hold it.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an end cap head piece with threads, 113, to fitthe threads of a screw in burial container.

FIG. 5 is a cutaway view of a screw-in burial container, 116, with abody, 112, wrapped in a flexible sheet material, 114, laid into a paddedbody tray, 115, being placed inside.

FIG. 6 is a cutaway view of a body, 119, wrapped in a flexible sheetmaterial in a padded body tray, 115, similar to that shown in FIG. 5,where a curing and setting material, 123, has been injected or pouredinto the burial container through holes, 125, opposite the padded bodytray, pressing and holding the body securely into the body tray padding.

FIG. 7 is a side view of an end cap head piece with threads, 113, to fitthe threads of a screw in burial container.

FIG. 8 is a cutaway view of a screw-in burial container, 128, with abody, 121, wrapped in flexible sheet material, 127, being placed intothe screw-in burial container.

FIG. 9 is a cutaway view of a screw-in burial container with a bodywrapped in a flexible sheet material, such as shown in FIG. 8, whereexpanding and setting foam material, 129, has been injected or pouredthrough holes, 132, into the burial container, entirely around the body.

FIG. 10 is a side view of a tractor-backhoe, 135, with a positioning androtating device, 136, being used to ream a tapered burial container,139, with cutting edges along its sides, into a pilot hole, 138, withthe burial container partially cut-away to show an erect body, 140, heldwithin a curing and setting material inside.

FIG. 11 is a view of a tractor-backhoe setting a box type casket, 141,into a pre-dug vertical hole, 143. The body inside is securely held byway of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a view of a tractor-backhoe setting a box type casket with aself boring section, 144, added, into a pilot hole, 145, where thecasket will be rotated to bore into the ground with the body inside heldsecurely by way of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a side view of a pond, 150, a flat ground area, 151, aslightly sloped ground area, 152, and a near vertical area, 153,illustrating the various placements and positions able to be used innon-horizontal burials.

I claim:
 1. A method whereby a body is put into a burial container, thecontainer is closed and a curing and setting material is injected intothe burial container to surround the body and set up to hold the body ina fixed position.
 2. A method as in claim 1, where the body is coveredwith a flexible sheet material before the burial container is closed anda curing and setting material is injected into the burial container. 3.A method whereby a body in a body tray is put into a burial container,the container is closed and a curing and setting material is injectedinto the burial container to surround the body and hold the body in afixed position in the body tray.
 4. A method as in claim 3, where thebody in the body tray is covered with a flexible sheet material beforethe burial container is closed and a curing and setting material isinjected into the burial container.
 5. A method whereby a body is putinto a burial container, the container is closed and an expanding andsetting foam material is injected into the burial container to surroundthe body and hold the body in a fixed position.
 6. A method as in claim5, where the body is covered with a flexible sheet material before theburial container is closed and an expanding and setting foam material isinjected into the burial container.
 7. A method whereby a body in a bodytray is put into a burial container, the container is closed and anexpanding and setting foam material is injected into the burialcontainer to surround the body and hold the body in a fixed position inthe body tray.
 8. A method as in claim 7, where the body in the bodytray is covered with a flexible sheet material before the burialcontainer is closed and an expanding and setting foam material isinjected into the burial container.